CHANTECLER HATS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 778, 30 March 1910, Page 3

CHANTECLER HATS.

No sooner had Chantecler been produced on the stage than liner, .with,an eye;for,-fashion's vagaries, invented , a series, of Chantecler ■hats., In the illustrations these look moro bizarre than anything in .the way of headgear that', has 'found fa-vour 'in these freakish years... The "Guitry" Chapeau shows a cock- with fierce eyes and most untidy jilumage resting on the head of a girl whose face is barely distinguishable beneath it. This represents .the head-dress worn by M. Guitry in the title*role of .the play,, when:of. course he/was anxious to look very like a .cock. But it is not to be supposed . that the lady model in the trim black costume vhas any. such ambition., " •. : The "Simone" toque displays tho complete plumage of the ■ beautiful golden hen pheasant with its wonderful tones of crinison and . yellow, shading here and there into blues and greens, that are equally beautiful. In front, thip toque ,ii .finished, with, tho Jong beak of'the bird, while just on one side, oyer ■ the right eye, there' comes a quaint little flat bow of olive green ribbon, velvet surmounted by it sweeping plume of golden-brown feathers.' A hat which will make a great sensation consists of the entire' plumage of a large . .white hen, Arranged on "a folded shape in; soft white straw, and placed pi]i that-it appears to bo sittin« contentedly, on the' top of the wearer's head. And ret it is said that these hats are being welcomed with enthusiasm, both in laris and Loudon.

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